Yinga Kara Orientation Program
Yinga Kara, an Anaiwan word for ‘my path’ is all about getting you ready to start your studies at UNE.
For all Commencing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students.
Come along and meet us and find out what Oorala has to offer. Over three days you will meet other students, your academic coordinators, organise your student cards, work through any enrollment issues and have lots of fun.
Come along and experience college life accommodation and create new friendships with other students on the same study journey as you.
2024 YINGA KARA PROGRAM Yinga Kara Orientation Program (Trimester 1) | |||||
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| Thursday 15 February | 8:30am | Registration opens Register, get your photo taken and register for student ID photos, pick up registration bags and | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | ||
| 9:00am | Formal Welcome and Introduction Meet & Greet with Oorala staff | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
9:30am | Faculty meet-up A Chance for students to learn who are studying similar/same subjects and meet lecturers | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
| 10:30am | MORNING TEA | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
11:00am | Campus Tour Library, Bistro, Café, Security, UNEshop, Oorala student labs, pick up student ID cards | UNE Campus | |||
12:00pm | LUNCH and Services Expo UNE Medical Centre, UNE Wellness Centre, Headspace, PASS, Allied Network, Centrelink, Armajun Health Services, SportUNE, UNE Advocacy & Welfare, Indigenous Student Association (ISA) & the UNE Library, Indigenous Career Counselling | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
1:30pm | Opportunities for you at UNE | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
| 3:30pm-5:30pm | Free Time | Austin Earle Page College | |||
| 6:00pm | Dinner with staff and students | White Bull | |||
| Friday 16 February | 8:30am | Breakfast | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | ||
| 9:00am | Check in with a Student Engagement Officer Check your course enrolment, the key dates. Understand how to the uni jargon, how to apply for extensions and to submit an assignement. Deep dive of moodle (MyLearn platform) | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
| 11:00am | MORNING TEA | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
| 12:00pm -2:30pm | Field excursion: Armidale Cultural Centre and Keeping Place with Armidale Elder Aunty Rose Lovelock. LUNCH on site | Armidale Cultural Centre and Keeping Place | |||
| 3:00pm-4:15pm | Field excursion: SportUNE Tour of sporting facilities and activtiy with SportUNE sports instructor Afternoon tea on site | SportUNE | |||
| 6:00pm | Dinner with staff and students | Armidale Bowling Club | |||
| Saturday 17th February | 8:30am | Breakfast | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | ||
| 9:30am | Field excursion: Oxley Wild Rivers National Park- Blue Hole with Armidale Elders Uncle Colin Ahoy and Uncle Steve Widders and Cultural Student Engagement Officer Larissa Ahoy. | Oxley Wild Rivers National Park | |||
| 1:30pm | Program concludes | Oorala Aboriginal Centre | |||
